Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has promised to ensure salary increase for officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).

Adeosun said this at the celebration of International Customs Day at the Customs Command and Staff College Gwagwalada, FCT on Friday in Abuja.

Represented by the Ministry’s Director of Finance, Mrs Oladudumi Biosola, Adeosun urged officers of the NCS to put in more efforts to rise above target in revenue drive.

She said that security of trade environment was central for business to proper, adding that security aspect of Customs role was as important as its revenue role.

“The theme of this year Customs day coincides with the current ease of doing business initiative of the Federal Government.

“We understand that the initiative is already yielding dividends based on the fact that we have improved by 24 points in the World Bank ranking system,’’ Adeosun said.



She commended the NCS for its remarkable success in ensuring national security in the past years.

According to her, seizure of arms .and ammunitions at the seaports were the possible indications that the Service is alive to its responsibilities.

The minister also pledged to give the NCS the required support to succeed.

source : https://mediablare.com/fg-to-raise-pay-of-custom-officers/

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said insulting leaders on social media will not change how things are in Nigeria.

In a statement on his official Facebook page, the governor advised youth who wish to chase old people from power to join a party and participate in the process.



He said, ”Young people think insulting leaders on social media will change the way things are in Nigeria.

”No one would hand over the mantle of leadership to you simply because you’re young.

”If you want to chase “old people” from positions of power, you must join a party and participate in the process no matter how bad, dirty and dangerous you think it is.”

source : https://mediablare.com/we-wont-handover-power-to-young-nigerians-because-they-insult-us-el-rufai/

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has said insulting leaders on social media will not change how things are in Nigeria.

In a statement on his official Facebook page, the governor advised youth who wish to chase old people from power to join a party and participate in the process.



He said, ”Young people think insulting leaders on social media will change the way things are in Nigeria.

”No one would hand over the mantle of leadership to you simply because you’re young.

”If you want to chase “old people” from positions of power, you must join a party and participate in the process no matter how bad, dirty and dangerous you think it is.”

source : https://mediablare.com/we-wont-handover-power-to-young-nigerians-because-they-insult-us-el-rufai/

Former President,Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that he will join hands with a movement he called Coalition of Nigeria (CN), to fight against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s elections.

Obasanjo stated this in a 13-page statement released on Tuesday.


In the special press statement entitled, “The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement”, the former president explained how CN will wrestle power from the present ruling class.

“We can collectively save ourselves from the position we find ourselves. It will not come through self-pity, fruitless complaint or protest but through constructive and positive engagement and collective action for the good of our nation and ourselves and our children and their children. We need moral re-armament and engaging togetherness of people of like-mind and goodwill to come solidly together to lift Nigeria up. This is no time for trading blames or embarking on futile argument and neither should we accept untenable excuses for non-performance.

“Let us accept that the present administration has done what it can do to the limit of its ability, aptitude and understanding. Let the administration and its political party platform agree with the rest of us that what they have done and what they are capable of doing is not good enough for us. They have given as best as they have and as best as they can give. Nigeria deserves and urgently needs better than what they have given or what we know they are capable of giving. To ask them to give more will be unrealistic and will only sentence Nigeria to a prison term of four years if not destroy it beyond the possibility of an early recovery and substantial growth.

“The development and modernization of our country and society must be anchored and sustained on dynamic Nigerian culture, enduring values and an enchanting Nigerian dream. We must have abiding faith in our country and its role and place within the comity of nations. Today, Nigeria needs all hands on deck. All hands of men and women of goodwill must be on deck. We need all hands to move our country forward.


“We need a Coalition for Nigeria, CN. Such a Movement at this juncture needs not be a political party but one to which all well-meaning Nigerians can belong. That Movement must be a coalition for democracy, good governance, social and economic well-being and progress. Coalition to salvage and redeem our country. You can count me with such a Movement. Last time, we asked, prayed and worked for change and God granted our request. This time, we must ask, pray and work for change with unity, security and progress. And God will again grant us. Of course, nothing should stop such a Movement from satisfying conditions for fielding candidates for elections. But if at any stage the Movement wishes to metamorphose into candidate-sponsoring Movement for elections, I will bow out of the Movement because I will continue to maintain my non-partisan position. Coalition for Nigeria must have its headquarters in Abuja.

“This Coalition for Nigeria will be a Movement that will drive Nigeria up and forward. It must have a pride of place for all Nigerians, particularly for our youth and our women. It is a coalition of hope for all Nigerians for speedy, quality and equal development, security, unity, prosperity and progress. It is a coalition to banish poverty, insecurity and despair. Our country must not be oblivious to concomitant danger around, outside and ahead. Coalition for Nigeria must be a Movement to break new ground in building a united country, a socially-cohesive and moderately prosperous society with equity, equality of opportunity, justice and a dynamic and progressive economy that is self-reliant and takes active part in global division of labour and international decision-making.

“The Movement must work out the path of development and the trajectory of development in speed, quality and equality in the short- medium- and long-term for Nigeria on the basis of sustainability, stability, predictability, credibility, security, cooperation and prosperity with diminishing inequality. What is called for is love, commitment and interest in our country, not in self, friends and kinship alone but particularly love, compassion and interest in the poor, underprivileged and downtrodden. It is our human duty and responsibility so to do. Failure to do this will amount to a sin against God and a crime against humanity,” Obasanjo wrote.

https://mediablare.com/2019-obasanjo-uncovers-movement-he-will-join-to-fight-apc-pdp/

Google honors Stephen Keshi

Google has regarded previous Nigerian mentor and player, Stephen Keshi, with a doodle on its web search tool page for Nigerian lumberjacks. Late Keshi The respect went ahead Keshi's 56th birthday celebration. Keshi kicked the bucket all of a sudden in Benin on 7 June, in 2016, to the stun of his countrymen. He was conceived in Azare, Bauchi. However, his folks hailed from Delta state.

Keshi was instructed at Saint Finbarr's College in Akoka, Lagos and Saint Gregory's College. His better half of 30 years, Kate Aburime had passed on a half year before his own demise.

They had four youngsters. Amid his playing profession as a safeguard, Keshi earned 60 tops for the Nigerian national football group, making him the country's second-most topped player at the season of his retirement. He spoke to the nation at the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, captaining the Super Eagles to triumph in the last mentioned.

He additionally played club football in five nations, most prominently Belgium, where he won the Belgian association title with R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1991. As an administrator, Keshi made progress by qualifying Togo for the main FIFA World Cup appearance in its history in 2006. In any case, he cleared out the position before the competition and was supplanted by Otto Pfister.

He later instructed Nigeria's Super Eagles , where he wound up noticeably one of just two people, alongside Egypt's Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations as both a player and a mentor. This was in 2013, two years after he was delegated the mentor. The next day Keshi submitted his renunciation, just to turn around his choice the following day.

Keshi drove Nigeria to the 2013 Confederations Cup, crushed Tahiti 6– 1, and lost 1– 2 to Uruguay in the second diversion, and furthermore lost 0– 3 to World Cup champs, Spain in their last gathering amusement.

On 16 November 2013, Keshi's Nigeria secured capability to the 2014 World Cup by beating Ethiopia 4– 1 on total in a play-off.

Keshi set a record in African football by being the principal African mentor to effectively qualify two African countries (Nigeria and Togo) to the World Cup Finals.

*Bio information from Wikipedia.
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Previous Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Chief Olu Falae, on Monday communicated dissatisfaction over proceeded with quiet of President Muhammadu Buhari on unending assaults by Fulani herders on ranchers in the nation.

Falae’s homestead, situated at Ilado Community in Akure North Local Government territory of Ondo State, was set burning by men suspected to be herders on Sunday night.

The senior stateman said the fire related crime on his ranch was an endeavor to execute him.

He said he anticipated that the President would have declared a successful measures that could control the limit of the herders from threatening the general population of the nation.

Talking after the appraisal voyage through the homestead, Falae stated, “I have been in a bad way for long. Indeed, after I was seized, they returned and executed one of my gatekeepers and the case remains an unsolved murder case.”

Falae who said the torching was focused at him, noticed that “I accept in the event that they saw me face to face, it is me they would hurt.”

As indicated by him, “To consume Palm trees, adds up to demonstration of vindictiveness and scorn and I trust they have malignance against me and they abhor me, that is the reason they will consume my palm trees, remove the Palm trees I planted and discard the seedlings. That does not help the cows in at any rate”.

The previous SGF unveiled that he would hold hands with different pioneers from the South West zone, to guarantee that “there is no province in Yorubaland.”

As indicated by the elderstateman, “I have expected him (Buhari) for more than two years to take an activity and make a national communicate to his kin in Nigeria guaranteeing us that he will deal with the issue by reporting compelling measures that could control the limit of the herders and guarantee that both the herders and us can live respectively in peace without one side harming the other. I am frustrated I’ve not heard this from him.”

Falae expressed further that, “In the event that I were President I would have stepped up in light of the fact that this isn’t an issue that can’t be tackle numerous countries have experienced this, this method of dairy cattle raising is general however over the most recent hundred years most country’s have tackled the issue by embracing farming.

“Government at all levels, particularly the Federal government ought to be a legislature for every one of us paying little heed to what number of votes we cast at the race time, we are altogether qualified for the security of the government.

“Farming is steers cultivating and a honest to goodness and exceptionally productive business keep running by private businesspeople yet they are attempting to make my harvests to nourish their steers to finance their own particular business since they are compelling me by attacking my homestead in the night to supply free sustenance to their steers and when they offer the steers they don’t give me a player in the cash.

“This is a framework that can’t survive and I anticipated that the administration would have halted it, we are not saying cows raising ought to be ceased but rather the dairy cattle rearers ought to be helped to set up or do their business without harming anyone. Harming agriculturists isn’t satisfactory.

“At first they will come in the night to get water and we were tolerant on the grounds that they didn’t touch or crush anything other than we didn’t enable them to remain here however later it took an alternate turn all finished Nigeria.

“They will come in the night, eat out maize and I’ve answered to the police more than ten times. Component of similar individuals seized me, when individuals said they were Fulani herders, they would you be able to state they are Fulanis however everyone knows a Fulani man in Nigeria.

“Consistently they set fire to my ranch and do you know why, there are two components to their activities, first is monetary, they consume this homestead in light of the fact that the grass is as of now dry and dairy animals don’t that way. So they consume the grass and in two weeks time crisp grass will develop and their cows will have new grass to eat. All together word they are now regarding my homestead as though it was their settlement.”

Denouncing the current assault, Falae asked government at all levels to make ventures in checking the exercises of the herders, saying “in the event that they don’t take strides to avoid it, it implies that administration underpins what they are doing, they are not insulted by what they are doing.”

source : https://mediablare.com/buhari-baffled-me-falae/

The Senate Joint Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) and Health on Monday in Abuja called for expanded private area interest in the training division.

Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko decided amid an open hearing to explore the episode of pandemic which influenced 39 understudies and prompted the passing of three understudies of Queens College, Lagos in 2017.

He said: “It is so sad that we believe that government alone should take full responsibility of education in the country.

“The society particularly the private sector has a role to play to make the education sector grow.

“All hands must be on deck to ensure that we get the necessary facilities and policies to move the education sector forward.

“We don’t want to wait for someone to solve the problems for us in the name of government.”

Prior, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr Olajide Idris, said that the flare-up of the pandemic which prompted the passing of the understudies, was caused by debased water.

As per him, result from lab examinations on blood and feces tests of some influenced understudies demonstrated that the life forms originated from sullied water.

He additionally said that the school lodgings and toilets were not in great conditions.

Idris, in any case, said that the board of trustees prescribed treatment of all water focuses and substitution of water treatment plant in the school.

source : https://mediablare.com/govt-alone-cant-finance-eucation-in-nigeria-senate/

Around 7.5 million Nigerians were doing nothing between January 2016 and December 30, 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics has uncovered.

This was unveiled by NBS in its "Work Force Statistics Vol. 2: Employment by Sector Report," discharged on Sunday in Abuja.

The report demonstrates that 77.55 million of nation's work populace of 85.1 million were occupied with a type of financial action for no less than a hour seven days; (8.46 million-1-19 hours; 18.02 million-20-39 hours; 51.06million-over 40 hours), as reflected in the second from last quarter of 2017 (Q3), while 7.53 million were doing literally nothing.

The NBS report additionally demonstrates that among the 77.55 million work populace who were occupied with some degree of monetary action, 38.24% of them or 29.66 million were independently employed occupied with cultivating/horticulture, and 27,93% or 21.66 million were independently employed in non-cultivating/agribusiness divisions. "A sum of 19.72 million were working for pay or wage, which was comparable to 25.42% of the aggregate specialists in 2017 Q3. Paid understudies and unpaid house laborers constituted 7.30% and 1.11% of the aggregate working power connected with for finally one hour seven days.

The bureau additionally uncovered that of an aggregate utilized (full time utilized and underemployed which is 20 or more working hours seven days) of 69.09 million, 17.88million or 25.88% work for pay/wage, 45.47 million or 65.82% are independently employed working in farming (25.47 million or 36.87%) and non-horticulture related exercises (20.0 million or 28.95%), 779,002 or 1.13% are paid understudy and 4.95 million or 7.17% are unpaid houseworkers.

source : https://mediablare.com/7-5m-nigerians-jobless-since-2016-nbs/

Cristiano Ronaldo is a professional soccer player who has set records while playing for both Manchester United and Real Madrid.

His full name is Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, but he goes by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo was born on February 5, 1985 in Madeira, Portugal.

He got the name “Ronaldo” after then-U.S. president Ronald Reagan, who was his father’s favourite actor.

He is the youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener. He has one older brother, Hugo, and two older sisters, Elma and Liliana Cátia.

He grew up poor and said he shared a bedroom with his siblings.

At the age of eight, Ronaldo played for amateur team Andorinha, where his father was the kit man.

Ronaldo was nicknamed “cry-baby” as a child. His mother Dolores Aveiro said: “When he got home from school I’d tell him to do homework but he’d say he didn’t have any. I’d be making dinner and he would jump out of the window and run off until late. He used to cry when he passed and his friends didn’t score. People called him ‘cry-baby’ and ‘little bee’ because nobody could catch him.”

Ronaldo was popular with other students at school, but he was expelled at the age of 14 after he threw a chair at his teacher. Ronaldo said the reason he did it was because the teacher disrespected him. Despite it being a negative thing, it turned into a great turning point in his life. His mother then encouraged him to focus all his attention on soccer which he did and turned him into an international sensation.

Ronaldo signed with local club Nacional, and, after a title-winning campaign, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who subsequently signed him for an undisclosed sum. Paulo Cardoso, his first coach at Sporting Lisbon, said: “When he got the ball he went past two or three players. At the end of the game the players gathered around him, they knew he was a special kid.”

As a teenager, he would be in the gym training using weights on either foot, and then dribbling with the ball. Ronaldo thought training with weights would improve his game techniques because without weights, he would be even faster.

At the age of 15 Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart, a condition that might have forced him to give up playing football. He had an operation in which a laser was used to cauterise the area of his heart that was causing the problem. The surgery took place in the morning and Ronaldo was discharged from hospital by the end of the afternoon; he resumed training only a few days later.

Cristiano admits that he owes his lucky break to one of his closest friends,Albert Fantrau. “I have to thank my friend Albert for my success. We played together for a youth club. When people from Sporting (Lisbon) arrived, they told us that whoever scored more goals would be accepted to their Academy. We won that game 3-0, I scored the first goal, the Albert scored a header, and the third was a goal that impressed everyone. Albert went to one on one with the goalkeeper. I was running next to him, he went round the keeper, all he needed to do was just to get the ball into the empty net. But, he passed it to me and I scored. I was accepted to the Academy. After the match, I approached him and asked him “why” and he answered; “You’re better than me”. Several years later, the journalist went to Albert’s house and asked whether the story was true. He confirmed. He also said that his career as a football player finished after that match and he is now unemployed. “But where did you get such a gorgeous house, a car? You seemed to be a rich person. You also maintain your family … .. Where is all this from?.” Albert proudly replied; it’s from Cristiano.

His first professional game for Sporting Lisbon came when he play in the “Portuguese Super League” match at the age of 17 and that was the start of a journey which will make him one of the greatest players ever.

Manchester United paid £12 million to sign him in 2003-a record fee for a player of his age.

Sir Alex Ferguson had no hesitation in handing Ronaldo the No 7 shirt. He said: “We’ve had some fantastic No 7s, Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona, David Beckham, some wouldn’t want that jersey but his confidence was high even at 18. When he made his debut as substitute against Bolton he took the place by storm.”

Ronaldo, however, did not disappoint. He showed his promise early on in the 2004 FA Cup final, scoring the team’s first three goals and helping them capture the championship.

In 2006, Ronaldo opened a fashion boutique under the name “CR7” (his initials and shirt number) on the island of Madeira, Portugal. Ronaldo expanded his business with a second clothes boutique in Lisbon in 2008. The stores include diamond-studded belts, jeans with leather pockets and patented buckled loafers.

Ronaldo faced personal challenges in 2007 after his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer.

In 2008, a year after signing a five-year, £31 million contract, Ronaldo set a franchise record for goals scored (42), and earning himself the FIFA World of the Year honor.

His commitment to Manchester United was under question and in 2009, Spanish soccer club Real Madrid agreed to pay United a record $131 million for the chance to sign him. “I know that they are going to demand a lot of me to be successful at the club and I know that I’m going to have much more pressure than at Manchester United because I was there for many years,” Ronaldo told reporters. “But it means a new challenge and is going to help me be the best footballer.”

On June 15, 2010, in Portugal’s opening World Cup match against Côte d’Ivoire, Ronaldo was tackled by right-back Guy Demel, which led to an argument and both being booked. The next day, Portugal contacted FIFA to suggest that Ronaldo’s yellow card be rescinded since he was “pulled into” the confrontation after having already moved away from the spot where he was tackled, but the appeal was rejected.

Ronaldo announced that he had become a father on July 3, 2010. His official Facebook and Twitter pages reference the birth of his son and request privacy. The child, named Cristiano is in full custody of Ronaldo. The mother is a waitress that he once dated for a short time and the sons name is Cristiano Ronaldo Jr.

In June 2010, during the build-up to the World Cup, Ronaldo became the fourth footballer – after Steven Gerrard, Pelé and David Beckham – to be represented as a waxwork at Madame Tussauds London

Ronaldo has previously dated English models Alice Goodwin and Gemma Atkinson, and since the start of 2010, he has been dating Russian model Irina Shayk.

He is a devout Roman Catholic.

Ronaldo’s autobiography, titled Moments, was published in December 2007.

There is a museum named Museu CR7 in his hometown Funchal, Portugal, dedicated to him which contains his trophies, rare photographs, medals and lots more related to the player.

In December 2011, Cristiano launched an iPhone game called Heads Up with Cristiano. The game is created by developer RockLive.

In July 2012, computer security company McAfee produced a report ranking footballers by the probability of an internet search for their name leading to an unsafe website. Ronaldo’s name led the list

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Wizkid neglected to appear for the 'Made in America' show notwithstanding being charged to perform.



Asika spoke about his relationship with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation and how he was singlehandedly responsible for their breaking into the Nigerian entertainment scene.

However, he said that Wizkid missed out on a huge opportunity by not showing up for Jay-Z’s 2017 ‘Made In America’ concert.

“I’ve had a ten-year business and personal relationship with Roc Nation. I’ve been bringing them to Nigeria since 2011,” he said.

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“They’ve come to conferences here in Nigeria and they’ve engaged in many things here. They also gave a publishing deal to another company here.

“They recorded a song with Wizkid a year ago. The company paid him to write the songs.

“Roc Nation actually put Wizkid on ‘Made in America’ this year and we were pretty upset he didn’t show up, which is bad for him. These are opportunities that are given to people. Tiwa Savage and Maleek Berry were there but Wizkid wasn’t.

“I’m happy he is on Coachella this year though. These are huge platforms. The whole objective for these artistes is to get on a tour. Wizkid toured with Future last year in North America and Europe.

“If he has some good music that comes out this year as well, he creates more opportunities for himself. It means he can become a touring artiste in Europe and North America as well.

“The transition is to go beyond the hit record,” he said.

Asika also spoke about his new business venture, Cabal Entertainment, and what it entails.

He said, “Cabal is not a record label. It is an entertainment platform. We just happen to have an artiste-relationship with Omawumi [Megbele]. She put out an incredible album, she took a different direction with a Jazz focus.

“Cabal has a global distribution and publishing agreement with Roc Nation. So the company is more of a strategic place, not a label per say.

“Even with Storm Records I never really did just label. We did television and live events. So Cabal has to do with platforms and programming.”

As to if he would work with other artistes, he said, “We do all the time but the truth of the matter is that for me is more about projects than the artistes.

“We were always about that, even with the record label,” he said.

Chibok girls: Jonathan gave an activist a large number of dollars

Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has answered Senator Shehu Sani’s remarks on the ‘missing $500million’ recouped support being explored by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The administrator speaking to Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, had in a twitter post on Friday, said the improvement affirms the nearness of experienced criminals in the present organization.

Sani depicted a few authorities in Buhari’s organization as post graduate rogues.

He expressed: “The disappearance of $500 million recovered loot now under investigation by the EFCC confirms the presence of seasoned and experienced magicians in Government.

“It also reveals the post graduate level of roguery and larceny in the system.”

Be that as it may, Onochie reacted the previous evening. The presidential associate posted an answer directly under Sani’s string.

She reviewed that an activist (in cloak reference to Sani) gathered a huge number of dollars under the Jonathan government to arrange the arrival of Chibok young ladies abducted by the Boko Haram

“Would the roguery be at par with certain millions of dollars paid by the Jonathan administration to a certain activist who promised to secure the release of the Chibok girls but didn’t and didn’t return the dollars either? Just asking”, she tweeted.

source : http://www.ibiyankvibes.com/2018/01/20/chibok-girls-jonathan-gave-activist-large-number-dollars-onochie-shades-shehu/

It is not a new thing that every upcoming musician wants to BLOW (make it big) in the Nigerian music industry. A major question they ask at the beginning of their musical journey is how do I promote my music?

Since major record labels like Mavin, Kennis Music, Chocolate city and Storm records that can manage, package and promote your songs will hardly get you signed, you will need to take up responsibility as your own music promoter.

Note : That nothing good comes easy and you will need to sacrifice either in form of time, efforts, a night’s sleep just to get what you want.

Here are few steps to achieve that :

(1) MAKE GOOD SONGS:
Sorry I cannot teach you how to write a song. I believe you are reading this because you have the talent already to compose and record a good song. The type of song you do should be targeted to an audience with a good taste in music. It does not matter the genre hip-hop, rock, dance hall, Rap, R n B, classic, alternative- whatever! You should do music to impress thousands of fans and not just your family and close friends.

(2) ATTEND SHOWS REGULARLY:
Be it a club performance or sponsored show just be noticed. Keep your ears on the ground for upcoming shows and try to make friends with event organizers and tell them to put you on the list of performers and that you don’t mind doing it for free. Talk to the DJ at the club, give him a promo copy of your CD and encourage him to play it on his shows. You get to meet music industry people at musical shows. Build and maintain your contacts with them. You don’t know who has a marketer in Alaba or who has a friend in that radio station.

(3) USE SOCIAL MEDIA:
Open profiles on sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace which gives you the platform to interact with your fans. Update your social network profile regularly with interesting pictures and videos of you. Photos from an event you performed or a video of a studio recording session should do. You get not only fans from Nigeria but all over the world with these types of websites. Social networking site gives you an online following which is good for your music career. Do not underestimate the power of the internet in building your music career.

(4) OFFER SOME Of YOUR SONGS FOR FREE DOWNLOADS And OTHER ON SALES ONLINE:
You want your songs to reach a wide audience and people generally love free music downloads. Upload like 2 of your songs to music sites like PARTOHUB.COM and promote your download links to your fans on the social networking sites.

(5) ALABA IS A FACTOR:
There is always a headquarters of any industry. Alaba being the headquarters of the Nigerian music marketers, you should familiarize yourself with the people at Alaba. Try to get your song on the monthly Alaba produced DJ mixes even if you may be asked to pay for this.

Most Nigerian celebrity and superstar musicians went to Alaba for promotion in their upcoming days. That’s the home for Nigerian music and movie marketers. Imagine what a contact at Alaba will do for your musical career.

When you finally succeed in your music career, do not fail to say thank you to the crew at Partohub.com

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Two Presidents we have come to know great are as not quite the same as each other at first glance as they can be. One, President Donald Trump of the United States, is White, Christian, and talks excessively. The other, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, is Black, Muslim, and scarcely talks by any stretch of the imagination. There is more. Trump was a well off businessperson turned legislator. Buhari came into legislative issues as an armed force General without a trail of wealth. Trump has a reputation of liquidations and a trail of womanizing. Buhari has a background marked by advantageous self-restraint and a self-denying presence.

However, there is a striking closeness in their official direct in one specific regard: Both are seen as favoring their ethnic bodies electorate, nearly to a blame. Trump is seen as favoring White Americans similarly as Buhari is seen as favoring Northerners all in all and the Fulani specifically. Trump's ethnic inclining is obvious in his articulations, while Buhari's is apparent in his hush, postponed activity, or inaction.

Halfway hence, both have been in the eye of the tempest inside the most recent two weeks. Trump's inclination for Whites like him is exhibited on numerous occasions by the mouthing of scornful obscenities and through and through supremacist comments about Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, and other non-White gatherings.

As of late, Trump's references to Nigerians as declining to backpedal to their "cabins", once they go to the United States, and to Haitians as AIDS-invaded have effectively made worldwide rounds. Similarly as the general population from these nations were attempting to defeat Trump's damaging words, he tossed yet another verbal bomb.

Simply a week ago, he said to a select gathering of officials in the Oval Office, who had come to talk about the creating movement strategy with him, that America does not require Haitians, adding an appearing request routed to nobody specifically, "Take them out". He went ahead to allude to African nations as "shithole nations", which ought to be supplanted by every White nation, for example, Norway.

No one trusts Trump's disavowal of these comments as two best positioning congresspersons, including one from his own particular gathering, have affirmed his utilization of this detestable and supremacist dialect in reference to Africans. No big surprise his dialect decision has pulled in all inclusive judgment by world bodies, including the United Nations and the African Union, different governments, and respectable people.

Past the outright prejudice of Trump's comments, there are profound verifiable reasons they ought to never have been made by any stretch of the imagination. To begin with, the comments exhibited Trump's heartlessness to two prompt occasions occurring inside hours of those comments. One is the festival of the birthday and national occasion out of appreciation for the Black social liberties pioneer, Dr. Martin Luther King, whose activism prompted the Civil Rights Act. The other occasion is the eighth commemoration of Haiti's staggering seismic tremor, which murdered more than 300,000 individuals and crushed a huge number of homes. The two occasions called for calm reflections, which Trump's verbal bomb glaringly struck.

Second, Trump is either absolutely unaware of, or boasts over, the historical backdrop of servitude, which brought a huge number of Africans into the United States as automatic minorities. Their work and sweat incorporated the US with a super power. In his unguarded minutes, Trump neglected the historical backdrop of his own folks' movement into the US, the father from Germany and the mother from Scotland. Maybe, it didn't make a difference to him since they were both White.

What is extremely huge about Trump's supremacist comments is that they offer voice to his strategies. This is especially obvious in his movement strategy, which, in addition to other things, forced visa confinements on individuals from certain Muslim nations; finished the extraordinary assurance given to individuals from Haiti and El-Salvador for helpful reasons; incorporates plans to end visa lottery; and puts constructing a protectionist divider along the Mexican outskirt over a current approach to allow a way to citizenship for offspring of undocumented workers, who were conceived in the United States. Today, Trump's migration arrangement, combined with his grip of White Supremacists, is seen as an endeavor to "influence America To white once more".

Here at home, a comparative bolt of preference is being pointed at Buhari for turning away for a really long time while raiding Fulani herdsmen looted other individuals' ranches and killed their proprietors, their life partners, and their youngsters. It is sufficiently awful for the herdsmen to admit straightforwardly to exchanging individuals' lives for lost or stolen dairy animals. It is more terrible when the President neglects to react to calls for assurance from the herdsmen's casualties.

This year alone, almost 200 individuals have been executed in Benue, Taraba, and Kaduna. Genuine, Buhari every so often talked on the killings, yet never in his own particular voice. He has talked through associates, retching one faltering approach over another as a palliative. Today, it is "touching store". Tomorrow, it is "dairy animals settlement". In any case, Buhari's reaction has centered more around helping the herdsmen in their private organizations than in helping the raided groups and their damaged tenants.

Spectators can't be reprimanded for contrasting Buhari's absence of activity on the rehashed looting orgy of Fulani herdsmen with the detainment of Nnamdi Kanu, the pioneer of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and his hushing by the military, when he demonstrated resolute while on safeguard. However, no herder has been condemned up until now, regardless of murdering a huge number of individuals and annihilating entire towns over the most recent two years.

Like Trump, Buhari's inclination for a specific gathering was shown very at a very early stage in his residency, when his underlying arrangements comprised completely of individuals from his favored gathering or area of the nation. The example endures till date, regardless of rehashed complaints from different parts of the nation.

A comparative example of particular treatment is seen in Buhari's treatment of the interest for rebuilding the nation for better effectiveness in monetary control, administration practices, and self-actualisation. His request that nothing isn't right with the present structure, forced by the Hausa-Fulani military and grasped by the Northern government, contradicts the disparity in the present plan for the inside and the apparent shameful acts in the portion of elected assets.

What is troubling about both Trump and Buhari is the rising combination between their position and approaches and those of their political gatherings. Similarly as Republicans are shutting rank around Trump, so are the individuals from the All Progressives Congress shutting rank around Buhari.

A gathering of Northern governors did as such openly a day or two ago and even went further to underwrite Buhari for a moment term. Moreover, crafted by the APC's Committee on True Federalism and the related town corridor gatherings appears to have kicked the bucket with Buhari's dismissal of the call for rebuilding in his New Year message on January 1, 2018.

It is essential to clarify that Buhari is no Trump. I don't trust that he is as narrow minded of other individuals, different convictions, or other supposition as Trump may be. I realize that Buhari implies well for this nation and its kin, paying little mind to locale, ethnicity, or religion. I likewise realize that Buhari is tormented by the troubled economy and security level he acquired.

Nonetheless, if frankly, the general population are getting to be plainly prejudiced of his lack of approachability and ridiculous hesitance or inaction in specific circumstances. His inability to visit harried spots and identify with casualties of ridiculous viciousness is unsettling. Similarly frustrating is his through and through dismissal of open interest for rebuilding. They all mean a sentiment heartlessness and absence of concern.

It is frequently such negative recognition that turns into the idea amid decision crusades. Buhari may interface every single Nigerian town with railways. In the event that the general population's negative recognition holds on, they may decline to see the rail organize in 2019.

In aggregate, my story of the two Presidents is that while one talks excessively, the other barely talks by any stretch of the imagination!

http://www.partohub.com/2018/01/a-story-of-two-presidents-trump-and.html

Buhari meets with senate delegates again on Benue killings

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night met with the Senate appointment on the current assaults in Benue State.

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki drove the appointment to the Presidential estate, Abuja for the gathering.

Delegate Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Majority Leader Ahmed Lawan, Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio, Chief Whip Sola Adeyeye, Minority Whip Philip Aduda were additionally present at the gathering.

Saraki after the short gathering revealed to State House reporters that the Senate leadership was at the Villa to brief Buhari on the choices of the Senate with respect to the Benue killings.

This was contained in an announcement posted at the official twitter handle of Presidency.

It read "Individuals from the Senate Leadership, drove by the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki have quite recently left the Presidential Villa where they advised President Muhammadu Buhari on the Senate resolutions and suggestions on the #BenueKillings.

"Motivation incorporated the current killings in Benue State. The Federal Government will keep on taking each progression important to forestall additionally assaults, and to guarantee that the culprits of past assaults are conveyed to equity."

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The Chief Executive Officer of Spectranet 4GLTE, Mr. Ajay Awasthi has lauded the central government’s exertion at extending broadband infiltration for fast financial improvement, as cherished in its National Broadband Policy (2013-2018).

Awasthi said that what Nigeria needs with a specific end goal to accomplish speedier monetary development, is fast broadband availability, driven by the fourth era Long Term Evolution (4G LTE).

He addressed innovation writers in Lagos at the end of the week, refering to China’s economy, which he stated, worth over $752 billion for eCommerce and web based shopping, driven by fast broadband availability that is accessible to every one of its natives at reasonable rate.

Awasthi noticed that Nigeria’s tremendous populace could offer the nation such open door, if just the government could make rapid broadband availability accessible to all Nigerians at moderate rate.

He however said Spectranet, which has its impression in Nigeria would enable the nation to accomplish fast broadband availability and furthermore connect the advanced separation by interfacing whatever number Nigerians as could be expected under the circumstances, to the Spectranet best-in-class rapid broadband web get to.

“Nigeria has a praiseworthy National Broadband Policy, yet very few Nigerians approach broadband administrations because of a few components. Nigeria needs dependable, moderate fast broadband network that is secured that will upgrade nature of administration, great client encounter that will realize advancements and inventiveness in boosting the country’s economy,” Awasthi said.

Posting the four pronged technique of Spectranet for 2018 to include: Superior client benefit; Arms-length appropriation; Best-in-class client experience; and better engagement of workers, Awasthi said Spectranet as of now has more than 200,000 client base in Nigeria, with plans to twofold the number in the following one year, keeping in mind the end goal to give more Nigerians the chance to investigate the eCommerce and internet shopping business that are right now driving worldwide economies.

On the issue of high cost in conveying broadband administrations in Nigeria, Awasthi stated: “The cost of giving broadband administrations in Nigeria is high and the cost continued expanding and it is probably going to additionally increment by another 10 for every penny in the coming months. So the government and the NCC must ascent to their obligations to address the issue of high cost of giving broadband administrations in the nation.”

He said out of the more than 100 authorized Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the nation, just few are at present existing and giving broadband administrations, while others have been antagonistically influenced by the high cost of giving broadband administrations.

Despite the fact that he said lessening in the cost of broadband administrations is great as presently bring clamored for by Nigerians, he however cautioned that administrators ought not be constrained to overstretch ourselves with a specific end goal to diminish cost and after that bargain on the nature of administration.

The nature of administration, which is fast broadband availability must be kept up with a specific end goal to accomplish better consumer loyalty, he stated, adding that the most ideal approach to address the issue of lessening in the cost of broadband administrations, is for the controller, the Nigerian Communications Commission, to return to the issue of information floor cost and set a settled and adequate rate for industry information floor cost.

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Following a comprehension with Federal Government designation, the Libyan government has confined a best Nigerian female human trafficker Maria Oda.

Oda, referred to in Tripoli as Hajiya Aisha, is accepted to have trafficked more than 80 women and young ladies toward the North African nation.

Recently a returnee said numerous Nigerians remain are detained at a Libyan town from where individuals associate with Europe through Italy.

Mr Paul Eke, one of the 560 returnees from Libya said in Port Harcourt yesterday that the government should “accomplish more by saving a few Nigerians who are as yet caught in some inside parts of Libya.”

He stated: “I remained in Zawe Superata, this place resembles a leave point to Italy thus numerous Nigerians are as yet being detained there.” He expressed gratitude toward the government for guaranteeing a smooth return of vagrants, including that it demonstrated the administration’s sense of duty regarding its residents.

Insight report showed that Maria Oda was an “infamous” individual from a syndicate enlisting young ladies for prostitution, bondage, modest occupations and mass migration to Libya, Spain and Italy.

As indicated by a best source, Maria is relied upon to be attempted in Tripoli.

The source stated: “In the wake of being trailed for a long time, she was captured. Her profile demonstrated that she is from Akwa Ibom. She is utilizing the phony name Hajiya Aisha.

“She runs a human trafficking ring in Tripoli and she has stayed in the business for a long time. She had up to 80 young ladies under her control. She is confined in Tajoura Detention Center in Tripoli.

“The Libyan government has arranged three of her casualties as observers amid her trial. Instantly the influenced young ladies finish their declaration, they will be cleared to Nigeria.

“The Federal Government appointment was informed about the loathsome exercises of Maria Oda.

“I think if the understanding amongst Libya and the Federal Government is solidified, the suspect may serve her correctional facility term in a Nigerian jail.”

The Federal Government has been working as a team with Libyan specialists to find those behind trafficking to the Arab nation through Niger Republic.”

An individual from the administration designation: “We know about the capture of the suspect, we have been told. We are anticipating the result of her trial.”

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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated renowned Chartered Accountant and administrator, Bashorun John K. Randle, as he turns 74 today.

President Buhari in a statement signed by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina yesterday also joined professional colleagues, friends and family of the accomplished accountant in celebrating the septuagenarian, whose pacesetting achievements in the management and business world, he said has continued to motivate and inspire the younger generation of Nigerians.

The President also extolled the disciplined attention the Bashorun of Lagos has given to the development of education, and his penchant for always advocating advancement of the human character with the right values, leaving an indelible mark as the former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Lagos State University.

As Bashorun Randle clocks 74, President Buhari believes the Chartered Accountant’s career path, serving as Chairman and President of many institutions, boards, councils and companies, and working in advisory capacities for governments, deserves special recognition and recommendation for all upcoming professionals, the statement said.

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Shares of Facebook Inc (FB.O) fell more than 4 percent on Friday and were on track for their worst session in more than three months after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced changes that he said would hit user engagement in the near term.

Zuckerberg said late on Thursday the world’s largest social network would adjust its centerpiece News Feed to prioritize what friends and family share, while reducing the amount of non-advertising content from publishers and brands.

A warning by Zuckerberg that people could spend less time on Facebook in the short term as a result of the changes sent the company’s stock $8.29 lower to $179.47.

If the stock closes at that level, it would be the biggest one-day decline since September and would shrink the company’s market value by $23 billion, which is more than the total market value of rival Snap Inc (SNAP.N), the owner of Snapchat.

“There is too much uncertainty relating to the economic impact of Facebook’s pending News Feed changes for us to be comfortable retaining a Buy rating on the stock,” wrote Stifel analyst Scott Devitt in a research note, cutting his recommendation to “hold” from “buy.”

The change announced by Zuckerberg follows criticism that Facebook’s algorithms may have prioritized misleading news and misinformation in people’s feeds, influencing the 2016 American presidential election as well as political discourse in other countries.

Facebook said its new ranking system would hurt non-advertising content from publishers and brands, like news stories and viral video posts, but not change the ranking of advertising that has been paid for.

That will leave businesses that want publicity on Facebook no choice but to spend more on advertising, and as a result prices will climb, predicted Eric Schiffer, chairman of Reputation Management Consultants, which advises corporate brands on social media.



With its stock up 48 percent over the past 12 months, Facebook has been a major driver of a technology rally that has propelled the S&P 500 to record highs. Its revenue is expected by analysts on average to have surged 45 percent in 2017, a rare accomplishment for a company of its size.

Some hedge funds used Friday’s drop in Facebook’s stock to bolster their positions, said Joel Kulina, a senior trader at Wedbush.

“Guys were hoping there would be more of a pullback so they could buy more,” Kulina said. “They don’t think there are any real cracks in the Facebook story.”

Changes to Facebook’s News Feed may have an impact on major suppliers of news and other content.

John Ridding, the chief executive of the Financial Times, warned on Friday that the domination of online advertising revenue by search and social media platforms was putting pressure on media firms.

“The FT welcomes moves to recognize and support trusted and reliable news and analysis. But a sustainable solution to the challenges of the new information ecosystem requires further measures,” he said.

Reporting by Noel Ranewich and David Ingram in San Francisco, additional reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru; editing by Patrick Graham and Marguerita Choy

A loophole in the new U.S. tax law could allow multinational corporations like Apple Inc to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes on profits stashed overseas, according to experts.



Stemming from a Republican overhaul of international business taxes, the loophole involves the tax rates – 15.5 percent or 8 percent – that companies must pay on $2.6 trillion in profits they are holding abroad.

By manipulating their foreign cash positions, a determining factor under the new law, a U.S. multinational could potentially save money by shifting profits to the lower rate from the higher one, according to Stephen Shay, a senior lecturer at Harvard Law School.

The savings could amount to more than $4 billion in Apple’s case alone, he said.

An Apple spokesman declined to speak on the record about Shay’s analysis. U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service officials did not respond to Reuters’ queries seeking comment.

“This is clearly the result of rushed legislation,” said Shay, formerly a top Treasury Department tax official.

The sweeping Republican tax law was President Donald Trump’s first major legislative triumph since he took office almost a year ago. Rushed through Congress, and approved over the unanimous opposition of Democrats, it took effect this month, delivering tax cuts and tax code changes that large, U.S.-based multinationals had sought for years.

One of those changes was a one-time tax break on about $2.6 trillion in profits that multinationals have socked away overseas in recent years under a “deferral” rule that let companies hold profits offshore tax-free, as long as the money was not brought into the United States, or repatriated.

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In an announcement on Friday, Onokpasa censured Olorogun O'tega Emerho, and Mr. Samuel Adjogbe, Executive Director Projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC for his surrender.

"For the benefit of O'tega and Adjogbe, I wound up quarreling with political companions and partners of mine I had known ever before I met them", he said.

"At the point when APC began in Delta, it had no voice and I gave it the most dedicated and articulated voice conceivable, making foes of past political partners for the advantage of those two thankless rapscallions.

"For APC, I battled Governor Okowa, battled Tompolo. For O'tega and Adjogbe, I battled all way of enemies just for the thankless rapscallions to pivot and cut me in the back.

"I say thanks to God for taking me back to base. APC is a gathering of neurotic liars, double-crossers and starving men out to drain Delta State and Nigeria dry.

"O'tega and Adjogbe are simply the exemplification centeredness. On the off chance that APC has anything to offer, it would have demonstrated it at this point. It is a gathering of eager, edgy, cash grubbing men with literally nothing to offer the ordinary citizens.

"At the center of APC's resistance to Okowa is vile tribalism and unconscionable average quality."
source - http://partohub..com.ng/2018/01/jesutega-onokpasa-has-dumped-all.html

- The nearby cash remains solid against Dollar and Pound at parallel market

- The Naira shut at N363 to a Dollar, N431 to Euro while the Pound exchanged at N485

The Nigerian Naira on Thursday, January 11, held its reinforced rate at the parallel market against Dollar.

The money kept up similar rates of N363 against Dollar, N485 to £1 as it was on Wednesday, January 10, however acknowledged against Naira keeps up quality against Dollar.

Then the Association of Bureaux De Change Administrators of Nigeria, the umbrella assortment of more than 3,500 BDC administrators authorized by the Central Bank of Nigeria in the nation, has approached the controller to expand the January 31 due date set for the reestablishment of working permit of its individuals to March 31, 2018.

This was a piece of the determination made toward the finish of a meeting held by individuals from the relationship in Lagos on Wednesday, January 10.

Source - http://partohub..com.ng/2018/01/naira-keeps-stronger-against-dollar.html

The Iceland national football group will play two neighborly matches in Indonesia on Thursday and Sunday to heighten arrangements towards the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The littlest country to ever meet all requirements for the Mundial, Iceland will play a chose side on Thursday and the fundamental Indonesian national group on Sunday.

In spite of the fact that the matches don't fall on the required FIFA window for friendlies, the Football Association of Indonesia have requested that AFC and FIFA be utilized for the following FIFA rankings.

Iceland have been gathered with Argentina, Nigeria, and Croatia in Group D. Iceland stunned numerous at the European Championship in France in 2016 when they got to the quarter-finals, before losing to have country, France.

They took after that up by fixing Group I of their UEFA qualifying bunch that included Croatia, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland, and Kosovo. They lost only twice in the 10 matches – scoring 16 objectives and surrendering seven.

For Indonesia, positioned 162 by FIFA, the matches would be a learning knowledge.

Marsal Masita, the Football Association of Indonesia's (PSSI) appointee secretary-general stated, "Iceland's visit will be an open door for Indonesian football.

"We can take in a considerable measure from them and we will likewise hold youth and instructing sessions with the Iceland group."

The Nigeria Football Federation is likewise anticipated that would learn maybe a couple things about their World Cup rivals.

source http://partohub..com.ng/2018/01/nigerias-world-cup-challenger-iceland.html

Nigeria has been ranked as the eighth out of 150 nations with the least expensive cost of petroleum

As indicated by globalpetrolprices.com, which distributes information on retail fuel costs around the world, the average cost of petroleum globally is around 403 naira, 2 kobo for every liter.

Different nations recorded among the least expensive spots to purchase oil incorporate Venezuela, Turkmenistan and Kuwait in the best three positions.

source - http://partohub..com.ng/2018/01/nigeria-has-been-positioned-as-eighth.html

President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the arrangement of a substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

The new Director General is Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a resigned profession Foreign Service officer, till his arrangement filled in as Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign Affairs/International Relations.

Abubakar had broad experience working with the United Nations in peace bolster operations, intercession process, preventive discretion and great workplaces, and additionally the advancement of good administration and regard for the manage of law and human rights.

He likewise quickly filled in as Senior Adviser at the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), with home office in Ndjamena, Chad, before his arrangement as SSAP.

Abubakar holds a B.A degree in French Language and Literature, and a M.A degree in Francophone Maghrebian Literature, both from Bayero University, Kano.

He is likewise conversant in English and Arabic.

The appointment takes immediate effect

source - http://partohub..com.ng/2018/01/buhari-names-abubakar-as-new-nia.html

Majority of Nigerians who partook in a opinion poll have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Peace Corps bill.

The bill, which is intended to make the Peace Corps a paramilitary agency, suffered many setbacks before it was passed at the National Assembly and presented to the president for assent.

The Peace Corps is currently a private non-governmental organisation.
In the poll conducted , 75.3 per cent of the 8,501 participants want the president to sign the bill into law.

The Senate adopted the conference report on the bill to establish the Nigerian Peace Corps, after it was so advised by its committee on judiciary, human rights and legal matters and both the Senate and the House of Representatives had separately passed the bill last year.

THE POLL

The online poll lasted about a week. It was conducted in a way that made it impossible for a respondent to vote more than once from the same computer or mobile device.

The participants were asked a single question: “Should Buhari sign the Peace Corps bill?”

While 75.3 per cent of the respondents (6,398) said Mr. Buhari should sign the bill, 24.7 per cent (2,103 respondents), said he should not.

WHAT THE BILL IS ABOUT

If signed into law, the Peace Corps bill, according to the National Commandant of the organisation, Dickson Akoh, will create employment for Nigerian youth, achieve capacity building for youth creativity and intervention, capacity building for youth development and empowerment in agriculture as well as peace education and conflict resolution.

Mr. Akoh further explained that when signed into law, the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill 2017, will give legal backing to the establishment of Peace Corps of Nigeria.

It will also allow all serving members of the Peace Corps of Nigeria, both regular and volunteers, to be absorbed into the Nigerian Peace Corps at commencement.

While sponsoring the bill in the Senate, Bayero Nafada (APC, Gombe) said it is meant to empower and provide employment for the youth, facilitate peace, volunteerism, community service as well as nation building.

MANY OPPOSE THE BILL

Prior to its passage, several controversies trailed the bill, including allegations of extortion of applicants by Mr. Akoh. Many also believe the proposed functions of a government-owned Peace Corps are already being handled by other government agencies. Creating a new bureaucracy and agency at a time the government is barely able to meet its wage bills has also been faulted by critics of the bill.

A majority of government agencies expressed strong opposition to the creation of the organisation at public hearings held by the National Assembly during consideration for the bill.

At a House committee hearing, the Office of the Head of Service said several government agencies with similar mandates as Peace Corps already exist and listed the Ministry of Youth Development; Ministry of Employment, Labour and Productivity; and Ministry of Environment as examples.

Existing law enforcement agencies and the Ministry of Education, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, National Orientation Agency, National Poverty Eradication Programme and, National Directorate of Employment are also already performing the roles the Peace Corps is hoping to perform, the head of service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, said.

The Head of Service consequently urged lawmakers to consider “the implications of the proposed creation of Nigerian Peace Corps on the cost of governance and duplication of duties of existing agencies.”

Also, in March 2017, Mr. Akoh was served a 90-count criminal charge over alleged recruitment and extortion of applicants to the tune of N1.4 billion.

He was arrested alongside 46 members of his organisation and paraded by the police in Abuja on allegations that they were operating illegally.

Mr. Akoh and members of the organisation were accused of converting money derived directly from extortion, transferring money derived directly from extortion, obtaining money by false pretence and laundering of funds obtained through unlawful activity.

Other allegations are organising and training of members of Peace Corps of Nigeria as a quasi-military organisation, wearing of uniforms, unauthorised display of flags, operating as a private guard without license and other identification marks.

HISTORY OF ATTACKS ON AKOH

Law enforcement agencies have taken measures against the Peace Corps since at least 2003 when the State Security Service arrested Mr. Akoh and shut down his offices across the country.

He resumed operation in 2007. But when the SSS clamped down on his organisation again, he launched a civil lawsuit which has dragged since then.

Mr. Akoh was detained at least twice by the police last year. Armed officers from police, SSS and the Nigerian Army stormed the head office of the Peace Corps and took Mr. Akoh and more than 40 others into custody and shut down the head office.

Mr. Akoh, who denied all the allegations against him and the organisation, has since been granted bail.

The Federal High Court in Abuja subsequently ordered the Nigeria Police to unseal the headquarters of the Peace Corps and pay it N12.5 million as damages.

The payment is yet to be made.

WILL BUHARI SIGN?

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Twitter is attempting to clarify why it’s not suspending Donald Trump’s account

Forbidding the records of world pioneers would “cover up vital data individuals ought to have the capacity to see and civil argument.”

A few people need President Donald Trump suspended from Twitter. He hasn’t been — and likely won’t be — and now Twitter is attempting (once more) to clarify why.

The organization on Friday distributed a blog entry titled “World Leaders,” which endeavors to clarify why Twitter believes it’s essential to have chosen authorities and world pioneers utilizing the administration. It additionally endeavors to clarify why it doesn’t bode well for Twitter to evacuate or suspend those world pioneers, regardless of whether they may verge on disregarding the organization’s standards.

“Hindering a world pioneer from Twitter or evacuating their dubious Tweets, would stow away imperative data individuals ought to have the capacity to see and verbal confrontation,” the post, which isn’t marked by any individual representative, peruses. “It would likewise not quiet that pioneer, but rather it would unquestionably hamper vital talk around their words and activities.”

Twitter never says Trump by name, however it doesn’t have to. Trump is the main world pioneer as of now wrapped up in this discussion by any means. Some trust that Trump routinely disregards the organization’s client rules, which disallow individuals from posting things that may be vicious or realistic or injurious.

Recently, protestors anticipated the message “Be a Hero: Ban Trump,” onto the side of Twitter’s San Francisco central station.

That happened on the grounds that Trump on Tuesday tweeted what gave off an impression of being a danger toward North Korean despot Kim Jong-un. “I too have a Nuclear Button, however it is a considerably greater and all the more effective one” than his, he composed.



North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un recently expressed that the “Atomic Button is around his work area consistently.” Will somebody from his drained and sustenance starved administration please illuminate him that I too have a Nuclear Button, however it is a considerably greater and more effective one than his, and my Button works!



A few people took this as a real danger of savagery, a move that may bring about a suspension for a general Twitter client. Be that as it may, Donald Trump isn’t a normal Twitter client, and his record was not — and has not — been suspended.

It’s somewhat odd that Twitter approached Friday to shield itself, to some degree since it has effectively done as such. The previous fall, after Trump tweeted a different subtle provocation about atomic war, Twitter guarded its choice to give Trump a chance to tweet by pointing out that his tweets are newsworthy, which is sufficient to give him more rope than most with regards to Twitter’s rules.

Presently, it’s endeavoring to clarify that every world pioneer is judged exclusively, in view of the circumstance.

“We survey Tweets by pioneers inside the political setting that characterizes them, and uphold our standards as needs be,” the blog proceeds. “Nobody individual’s record drives Twitter’s development, or impacts these choices. We strive to stay unprejudiced in light of people in general intrigue.”

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Facts You Didn’t Know About Christmas

We as a whole love Christmas, however what amount do any of us really think concerning why Christmas is how it is? Here are 31 realities about Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and Rudolph that you (most likely) didn’t have an inkling. Tidy up!

1. Christmas supposedly marks the birth of Jesus Christ on December 25. But there is no mention of December 25 in the Bible and most historians actually believe he was born in the spring.

2. December 25 was probably chosen because it coincided with the ancient pagan festival Saturnalia, which celebrated the agricultural god Saturn with partying, gambling, and gift-giving.

3. Many of the popular Christmas traditions today found their roots in Saturnalia: Branches from evergreen trees were used during winter solstice as a reminder of the green plants that would grow in spring when the sun gods grew strong.

4. These evergreen branches became the foundation of our Christmas tree. Germans are thought to be the first to bring “Christmas trees” into their homes at the holidays and decorate them with cookies and lights.

5. The Christmas tree made its way to America in the 1830s but wasn’t popular until 1846, after Germany’s Prince Albert brought it to England when he married Queen Victoria. The two were sketched in front of a Christmas tree and the tradition instantly became popular. Royal fever was real even back then.

6. The well-known reason we give presents at Christmas is to symbolize the gifts given to baby Jesus by the three wise men. But it may also stem from the Saturnalia tradition that required revelers to offer up rituals to the gods.

7. Because of its roots in pagan festivals, Christmas was not immediately accepted by the religious. In fact, from 1659 to 1681, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Boston. You were fined if you were caught celebrating.
8. Santa Claus comes from St. Nicholas, a Christian bishop living in (what is now) Turkey in the fourth century AD. St. Nicholas had inherited a great deal of wealth and was known for giving it away to help the needy. When sainted, he became the protector of children.

9. After his death, the legend of St. Nicholas spread. St. Nick’s name became Sint-Nicolaas in Dutch, or Sinter Klaas for short. Which is only a hop, skip, and jump to Santa Claus.

10. Santa Claus delivering presents comes from Holland’s celebration of St. Nicholas’ feast day on December 6. Children would leave shoes out the night before and, in the morning, would find little gifts that St. Nicholas would leave them.

11. And stockings come from this story: A poor man with three daughters couldn’t afford the dowry to have them married. One night, St. Nicholas dropped a bag of gold down the man’s chimney so that his oldest daughter would be able to get married, and the bag fell into a stocking that was drying by the fire.

12. One of the reasons we leave milk and cookies for Santa is because Dutch kids would leave food and drink for St. Nicholas on his feast day.

13. And we leave carrots for Santa Claus’ reindeer because, in Norse mythology, people left hay and treats for Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir “in hopes the god would stop by their home during his Yule hunting adventures.” Dutch children adopted this tradition too, and would treats for St. Nick’s horse.
14. The look of Santa Claus we have today was created at an 1804 meeting of the New York Historical Society, where member John Pintard handed out wooden cutouts of jolly old St. Nick in front of stockings filled with toys.

15. Though Santa Claus has worn blue and white and green in the past, his traditional red suit came from a 1930s ad by Coca Cola.

16. And the image of him Santa Claus flying in a sleigh started in 1819…and was dreamt up by the same author who created the Headless Horseman, Washington Irving.

17. Rudolph was actually conceived by a department store, Montgomery Ward, as a marketing gimmick to get kids to buy holiday coloring books.

18. Rudolph almost didn’t have a red nose either: At the time, a red nose was a sign of chronic alcoholism and Montgomery Ward thought he would look like a drunkard.

19. Rudolph was almost named Rollo or Reginald. Reginald the Red-Nosed Reindeer doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.

20. The poem that introduced us to the other eight reindeer, “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” actually named dropped Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Duner and Blixem. (Which, like Donner and Blitzen, come from the German words for thunder and lightning.)
21. Over the years, other reindeer have been name checked on Santa’s sleigh team, such as: Flossie, Glossie, Racer, Pacer, Scratcher, Feckless, Ready, Steady, and Fireball (no relation to the whiskey).

22. The first batch of eggnog in America was crafted at Captain John Smith’s Jameston settlement in 1607, and the name eggnog comes from the word “grog,” which refers to any drink made with rum.

23. “Silent Night” is the most recorded Christmas song in history, with over 733 different versions copyrighted since 1978.

24. Legend has it that “Silent Night” was written by a Father Joseph Mohr in Austria, who was determined to have music at his Christmas service after his organ broke. In reality, a priest wrote it while stationed at a pilgrim church in Austria.

25. Meanwhile, “White Christmas” is the best-selling song of all time.

26. “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” actually has a truly depressing back-story: songwriter James “Haven” Gillespie was broke, jobless, and his brother had just died when he was asked to write a Christmas song. He was originally too overcome with grief, but eventually found inspiration in his brother’s death and the Christmas memories they had together.

27. The original lyrics to “Hark! The Herald Angel Sings” were “Hark! How the Welkin rings!” Welkin is an old, English term for Heaven. A preacher later tweaked the lyric.
28. “Jingle Bells” was originally supposed to be a Thanksgiving song.

29. Boston church leaders tried to have the song “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” banned in the 1950s because they thought it “promoted physical intimacy.” Singer Jimmy Boyd had to fly to Boston and explain to them why it wasn’t obscene.

30. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is considered to be the most popular Christmas song now. In the music video, Santa is played by Mariah’s then-husband, Tommy Mottola.

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Sudan and Nigeria shared centuries of historical, cultural and political ties. The peoples of both nations must move to sustain and reinforce such ties in the spirit of unity, brotherhood and African solidarity.

Among the many challenges that confronts Africa,there are two major ones we must urgently attend to and they are terrorism and irregular migration.

Terrorism not only represent a 21st century threat to global peace and stability but also Muslims and Islam.

Islam is confronted by two dangers on two fronts,from the inside and from the outside. The inside forces are those who manipulate and misuse the religion in furtherance of their extremist or political or violent agenda. And the outside are those with a mindset set and conditioned to hate Muslims and anything associated with Islam.

The need for humanity and the world to unite and defeat terrorism is urgent and necessary but it’s the Muslims that must lead the battle with common courage, common focus and collective determination.

Terrorists are anarchists. Their cruel actions and atrocious violence create bad perception and impression for the faith they falsely lay claim to.

Muslim intellectuals and scholars and students must lead the battle to retrieve their faith and cast the light of peace and tolerance in the hearts of all believers in the faith.

The strategic and geographical position of the Sudan as a bridge between North Africa and sub Saharan Africa, and bridge between East Africa and West Africa imposed on you a moral and historic duty to champion causes that will promote and enhance unity and continental peace.

International University for Africa in Sudan should breed students who will go back to their countries to lead the fight against religious extremism and terrorism. The products of your institution should symbolize the a synergy of intellect, modernity, Africanity and faith.

Any ideology that promotes mass murder of innocents souls in the mosques, churches and schools are forces of evil we must collectively resist and defeat.

Those who attacked Airport in Brussels, train stations in London, theatre in Paris, streets in New York, malls in Nairobi, mosques in Nigeria does not represent Islam. But we must stop them from their false claims.

Muslim intellectuals must spearhead the neutralization and liquidation of knowledge and school of thoughts that encourages extremism and terrorism.

Nigeria my country has suffered from terror violence that murdered tens of thousands and displaced millions.

The dangers of silence, neutrality and cowardice is that the forces of darkness will be left unchallenged to define our present and dictate our future.

As you assemble African future leaders in this University,give them the knowledge that will empower and enable them to champion the cause of peace,justice,freedom and tolerance.

Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, delivered this speech to an assembly of Sudanese intellectuals and students at the International University of Africa, Khartoum, Sudan

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It’s anything but difficult to discover celebrities information in case you’re resolved to search for it, however wouldn’t you rather hear it straight from the source? You very well might.

Google is adding a component to versatile ventures in the US that has famous people noting inquiries in selfie-style recordings. On the off chance that you need to know Gina Rodriguez’s most loved motion picture or whether Will Ferrell can play the drums, you’ll see a video that can assume control over the full screen.

Different famous people noting inquiries on dispatch incorporate Nick Jonas, Priyanka Chopra, James Franco, Tracee Ellis Ross and Seth MacFarlane, among others. That is unquestionably not an extensive celeb list, but rather Google is promising more recordings from both cutting-edge and understood stars in the “following couple of months.” There’s no specify of worldwide accessibility.

The element is expected to offer an “amazement” to searchers. In the meantime, it’s likewise a slight aggressive edge for Google. In case you’re a Nick Jonas aficionado, wouldn’t you rather hear answers from him on Google as opposed to perusing content on Bing?

Inasmuch as you like the recordings in any case, this could hold you returning just on the off chance that your most loved star has a custom Google reply.

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday absolved 500 detainees of the Kurmawa Central Prisons in Kano city as a feature of government’s endeavors to decongest jails.

Buhari conceded the acquit when he landed at the place in organization with the state representative Abdullahi Ganduje and others.

NAN reports the president was on a two-day official visit to Kano state. The detainees incorporate guys and females.

The president informed the influenced detainees to respect great conduct and disregard anything that could take them back to jail.

He charged them to participate in legal dares to empower them to wind up plainly helpful individuals from the general public.

The president likewise gave the detainees an undisclosed measure of cash to transport themselves to their particular homes.

In his comments, Ganduje likewise exhorted the detainees to behave well and contribute seriously to societal improvement.

NAN reports that Buhari prior went to the emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.

A mammoth group was likewise at the airplane terminal and along the real boulevards in the city, giving the president a stirring welcome.

The president is required to initiate various undertakings executed by the Ganduje organization amid the visit.

Among the ventures are the ultra-current expert healing center, Giginyu, named after him and a peadiatric doctor’s facility situated on Zoo street, Kano, and the underpass connect at Madobi/Panshekara Junction.

On the second day, the president will review a rice process, Fullmark Rice Mill Company at Kwanar Gunduwawa, and Gezawa Oil Mill, the biggest oil process in Africa at Tokarawa Industrial Estate both on Hadeja Road.

Buhari is likewise anticipated that would meet with Ulamas and hold an intelligent session with group pioneers and lawmakers before coming back to Abuja

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday absolved 500 detainees of the Kurmawa Central Prisons in Kano city as a feature of government’s endeavors to decongest jails.

Buhari conceded the acquit when he landed at the place in organization with the state representative Abdullahi Ganduje and others.

NAN reports the president was on a two-day official visit to Kano state. The detainees incorporate guys and females.

The president informed the influenced detainees to respect great conduct and disregard anything that could take them back to jail.

He charged them to participate in legal dares to empower them to wind up plainly helpful individuals from the general public.

The president likewise gave the detainees an undisclosed measure of cash to transport themselves to their particular homes.

In his comments, Ganduje likewise exhorted the detainees to behave well and contribute seriously to societal improvement.

NAN reports that Buhari prior went to the emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.

A mammoth group was likewise at the airplane terminal and along the real boulevards in the city, giving the president a stirring welcome.

The president is required to initiate various undertakings executed by the Ganduje organization amid the visit.

Among the ventures are the ultra-current expert healing center, Giginyu, named after him and a peadiatric doctor’s facility situated on Zoo street, Kano, and the underpass connect at Madobi/Panshekara Junction.

On the second day, the president will review a rice process, Fullmark Rice Mill Company at Kwanar Gunduwawa, and Gezawa Oil Mill, the biggest oil process in Africa at Tokarawa Industrial Estate both on Hadeja Road.

Buhari is likewise anticipated that would meet with Ulamas and hold an intelligent session with group pioneers and lawmakers before coming back to Abuja

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